|host = [[Adam First]] and [[Trish Camden]] <small>(formerly)</small>[[Adam First]] <small>(currently)</small>}}'''Wave 103''' is a radio station in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]. The station is hosted by [[Adam First]] in the former and by Adam and [[Trish Camden]]. Wave 103 features New Wave and Synthpop music.

'''Wave 103'''(styledas'''TheWave103'''in''ViceCityStories'')isaradio station in ''[[GrandTheftAuto:ViceCity]]''and ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice CityStories]]''. Thestationishostedby[[AdamFirst]]inthe former and by Adam and [[TrishCamden]] in the latter. Wave 103 features New Wave and Synthpop music.

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Analbum of the songsfrom the station isavailableseparatelyoraspart of the GTAViceCitysoundtrackbox set. Customersreceivedthisvolumewhentheyplaced a pre-orderdownpaymentof$10on the PCversionofthegameatBestBuy.FlashFM's"JapaneseBoy" also appearson the Europeanversionof the Wave 103CDalbum.

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Thename of the stationis a reference to the radio station Wave102inDundee,Scotland,the original birthplace of the game'sdesigncompany[[RockstarNorth]]. Coincidentally,duringthe1980sandearly1990s there was a Pop/NewWaveformatradiostationin Miami, Florida, the citythat[[ViceCity(3DUniverse)|ViceCity]]isbasedon,named WAXE (pronounced "waxy") 102.7. The name may also alludeto the NewWavemusic on the station's playlist. There is another radio station named Wave 105 which broadcasts inSouthampton,England.

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The name of the station apes that of an actual local radio station Wave 102 in Dundee, Scotland, the original birthplace of the game's design company [[Rockstar North]]. Coincidentally, during the 1980s and early 1990s there was a Pop/New Wave format radio station in Miami, Florida, the city that [[Vice City]] is based on, named WAXE (pronounced "waxy")102.7. The name may also allude to the New Wave music on the station's playlist.

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Like most DJs in Vice City, Adam believes that his kind of music is the best. He further fancies himself a music connoisseur, despite making some glaring mistakes such as calling 1986 the "finest hour" for Blondie, and saying they've been around for a few years when in fact the band broke up in 1982. (Though, he may have meant the song "Atomic", which is part of the soundtrack)

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From his chatter on the radio it is known that he likes money, is a big fan of hang gliding, and despises music videos because they show that the artists' looks are more important than actual talent. He seems to have some kind of problem with his mother, as he goes out of his way to say that she had "nothing to do" with his "personal choice" of going into radio.

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By 1992, he either lives in or is vacationing in [[State of San Andreas|San Andreas]]. While there, he calls in to the conspiracy theory show Area 53 on [[WCTR]]. He claims that while hang-gliding in the San Andreas desert ([[Bone County]]), he saw a man at a trailer compound performing strange rituals with a [[Domestobot]]. The show host Marvin Trill (who is later revealed to be the man that Adam saw) tells him to get a real hobby and hangs up.

*Wave 103 is one of two preferred radio stations tuned in by the [[Streetwannabes]], the other station being [[Flash FM]]. Wave 103 can be heard after Tommy or Vic carjacks their [[Gang Burrito|gang]] [[Gang Rancher|vehicles]].

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*On the European version of the Wave 103 soundtrack CD, "Japanese Boy" by Aneka is included, even though the song instead appears on [[Flash FM]].

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*"Pale Shelter" by Tears For Fears is also featured in the [[GTA Clone|GTA clone]], Sleeping Dogs. "I Ran (So Far Away)" by A Flock of Seagulls is also featured in the same game as a karaoke song.

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*The version of "Too Shy" by Kajagoogoo that plays on the station is actually the instrumental version, the one without lyrics.

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*"I Ran (So Far Away)" by A Flock of Seagulls was featured in the second trailer for ''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City'' and the Vice City trailer for the Xbox version of ''Grand Theft Auto Double Pack''.

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*"Relax" by Frankie Goes To Hollywood is also featured in the [[GTA Clone]], Saints Row: The Third.

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*"Don't Go" by Yazoo plays in the background at the beginning of the cutscene of the mission [[White Lies]], so does inside the [[White Stallionz Bar]] during the mission [[The Bum Deal]].

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*In the 10th Anniversary Edition of ''GTA Vice City'', this is the only radio station from which none of the songs are removed.

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*The song, "Sex, I'm A..." by Berlin was excluded from the European release of the game.

The name of the station is a reference to the radio station Wave 102 in Dundee, Scotland, the original birthplace of the game's design company Rockstar North. Coincidentally, during the 1980s and early 1990s there was a Pop/New Wave format radio station in Miami, Florida, the city that Vice City is based on, named WAXE (pronounced "waxy") 102.7. The name may also allude to the New Wave music on the station's playlist. There is another radio station named Wave 105 which broadcasts in Southampton, England.